A cikin 1954, Osteopath Sam Sheppard na babban asibitin Cleveland an yanke masa hukunci da laifin kashe matarsa mai ciki Marilyn Sheppard. Likita Sheppard ya ce yana kwance a kan kujera a cikin gidan kasa sai ya ji matarsa tana kururuwa a sama. Ya haura sama don ya taimaka mata, amma wani “mai-gashi” ya kai masa hari daga baya.
Wurin aikata laifuka
An kori wani mai kutse daga gidan Sheppard a daren da aka yi kisan, kuma wani dan sanda ya gano Sam Sheppard a sume a gabar Bay Village Bay (Cleveland, Ohio). Jami’an sun yi nuni da cewa da alama an watse gidan ne ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba da gangan. An kama Dokta Sheppard kuma an yi masa shari'a a cikin "mai kama da circus", kamar yadda OJ Simpson ya yi shekaru da yawa bayan haka, musamman tun lokacin da aka ayyana shari'arsa da rashin adalci bayan da aka yanke masa hukuncin kisan matarsa a 1964.
Rayuwar Sheppard gaba daya ta canza
Iyalin Sheppard ko da yaushe sun yi imani da rashin laifi, musamman dansa, Samuel Reese Sheppard, wanda daga baya ya kai karar jihar don dauri ba daidai ba (bai ci nasara ba). Ko da yake Sheppard ya sami 'yanci, lalacewar rayuwarsa ba ta yiwuwa. Yayin da yake gidan yari, iyayensa biyu sun mutu saboda dalilai na halitta, kuma surukansa sun kashe kansa.
Mai Kisa
Bayan da aka sake shi, Sheppard ya zama mai dogara ga shan giya, kuma an tilasta masa barin aikin likita. A cikin wani yanayi mara kyau na sabuwar rayuwarsa, Sheppard ya zama dan gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya na wani lokaci, yana mai suna The Killer. Ɗansa, ban da ɓangarorin da ke da alaƙa da PTSD, ya sami guraben ayyukan yi, da alaƙar da ba ta yi nasara ba.
Shaidar DNA
Sunan likitan ya ci gaba da zubewa saboda wannan labari, duk da cewa an gano wani wanda ake zargi da yin gyara a gidan Sheppard kafin kisan, ta hanyar shaidar DNA. Mutane da yawa har yanzu suna ganin likitan ne ke da alhakin kisan. Makircin fim ɗin The Fugitive yayi kama da labarin Sheppard, amma masu yin fim ɗin sun musanta haɗin.